Rail-joint.



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WITNESSES INVENTOH foizn afir/nan A 77'0RNE UNITED STATES PATENT QEEicE.

JOHN C. FURMAN, OF STRATTANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TOHARRY F. STRATTAN, OF STRATTANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 690,262, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed September 20, 1901. Serial No. 75,663. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FURMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of :Strattanville, in the county of Clarion and .State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new .and Improved Rail-Joint, of which the follow- :ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

. My invention relates to means for coupling together the continuous ends of railroad-rails in such a manner as to provide a strong solid joint, which may be laid either upon the ties .and spiked thereto or placed between the ties \without spikes, and which strengthens the track and keeps the rails always firm, which entirely dispenses with bolts and nuts, and from which the rails may be easily and quickly detached.

It consists of the novel features hereinafter 'described and claimed.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings,.in which like reference-numorals denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing contiguous rails united by my improved joint. Fig. 2 is aplan view, partly in section. Fig. -3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. v

My improved joint comprises a bed-plate 1 and a clamping-plate 2, between which the rails 3 3 are securely held, as will be shown. The bed-plate 1 comprises a base 4, upon which the rails rest, and an inclined flange 5,f

"overhanging the base and forming with it a way or channel which receives one of the base-flanges of the rail. The web of the rail is firmly held against the flange 5 and its base {against the base 4 by the clamping-plate 2. This plate is provided with apertures 6, through which pass the staples 7 ,formed in the bed-plate by striking up a portion of the base 4. The outer edge 8 of the clamping-plate is beveled and fits against a correspondinglybeveled shoulder of the base 4. The clam pingplate is also provided with one or more pins or studs 9, which pass through holes 10 in the web of the rail and engage sockets 11 in the flange 5 of the bed-plate.

In applying the clamping-plate the pins 9 are passed through the web of the rail and into the sockets l1 and the staples 7 project through the apertures 6. Locking wedgeshaped pins 12 are then inserted into the staples, and as they are driven in they draw the plate 2 firmly down upon the base-flange of the rail and the base at of the bed-plate. At the same time bythe action of the beveled edge 8 against the beveled shoulder of the base 4 the clamping plate is forced over against the web of the rail and clamps the same securely against the flange 5.

The pin 12 is provided with a detent 13 at its large end, which engages one of the grooves 14 of the clamping-plate and is thereby sec urely held against accidental withdrawal or jarring loose by the vibration due to passing trains. The bed-plate is provided with holes 15, by which it may be spiked to the ties. These holes may of course be dispensed with when it is not desired to secure thebed-plate to the ties. 4

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent 1. A rail-joint, comprising a base, a lateral support, the base having an upwardly-extending staple, and a clamping-plate having an aperture through which said staple passes, and a pin engaging the upper face of the clampingplate-and passing through said staple.

2. A rail-joint, comprising a base, a lateral support rigid therewith, an upwardly-extending staple on the base, a-plate having a pin engaging a socket in the lateral support and having an aperture through which said upwardl y-extendin g staple passes, and a pin engaging the upper face of the clamping-plate and passing throughsaid staple.

3. Arail-joint, coinprisinga base-platehaving staples, a lateral support integral with the base-plate, a clam pin g-plate havingapertures through which said staples pass and grooves adjacent to said apertures, and pins passing.

through said staples and each having a detent engaging one of said grooves.

4. A rail-joint, comprising a bed-plate hav-' ing a base upon'which the rails rest and a lateral support integral with the base, the base being provided with staples, and having a beveled shoulder, and a clamping-plate having a beveled edge engaging the shoulder of the base, the clamping-plate being provided with apertures through which said staples pass, wedge-shaped pins passing through said staples, and a locking engagement between the large ends of the pins and the clampingplate.

5. A rail-joint, comprising a base having a staple, a lateral support having a socket, a plate having a pin engaging said socket, an aperture through which said staple passes, and grooves adjoining said aperture, and a wed ge-shaped pin passing through said staple and having a detent engaging one of said grooves.

6. A rail-joint, comprising a base, a lateral support rigid with the base at one side and disposed inwardly, and a separate locking-plate disposed oppositely to the mentioned lateral JOHN G. FURMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. MERCER, CLYDE E. LUoAs. 

